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Oh come on! I know you all get excited when this list comes out every year. People fall into one of three camps:1. "Oh thank goodness we named our little sweetpea the number one name -- we clearly have good taste!"
2. "Oh thank goodness our little sweetpea's name is not so common!"
3. "Oh man! I thought our kid's name was so great, but it's not even on this list!"
2007 was the year where Sophia toppled Emma of her thrown, but looks like Aiden is still holding strong for boys as it has for the past few years. Personally, I'm happy that the article reports Nathaniel is on its way out. Unfortunately Nathan seems to be gaining popularity, meaning there may be more than one "Nate" in my little guy's class. Oh the dreaded "first name plus last initial" moniker you get when there are multiples of the same name in your classroom.
What's with the Jayden, Caden, Brayden? Clearly, though we think she's tat as a mother, we appreciate Britney's taste in baby boy names. (So much so that we've taken to making rhyming versions.) Jayden even made it on the girls' side.
We might want to lay off the Jacob/Jack/Jackson for a few years people -- all three are way up there. I am imagining entire swim teams comprised of Jacks. Heh.
Where does your child's name rank?
(Photo: Lucy's reaction to her name being #85 when her brother's made it to #83.)
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1-12-2008 @ 2:23PM
alison said...What about "Oh Man! I thought I picked a slightly unique name 3 years ago and now it's in the top 10!"
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1-13-2008 @ 3:47AM
aprilw said...Same here! Ugh. Wasn't even in the top 50 the year my kid was born - now top 10.
Oh well, we live in the UK and I don't even think it is in the top 100 here. Still, annoying. All our family is in the US.
If we do move back though at least he isn't likely to have the spate of a bunch of them in his class, even if as an adult there will probably be a bunch of them running around.
And - he has good initals too, so he can always just go by those...
1-12-2008 @ 2:54PM
d. said...yeah!!! avalon's name is not there!!
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1-12-2008 @ 3:25PM
AndreAnna said...My daughter Charlotte is number 78 and I don't know any others, but given the trend of old names coming back, I wonder how much longer before it gains popularity.
We haven't decided on a name for the child I am currently cooking, but I hope to find something equally as classy without being too popular or too weird. It's a tough line to walk.
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1-12-2008 @ 4:08PM
cheryl said...Your daughter is so cute!
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1-12-2008 @ 4:19PM
mamacheryl said...My Anna made it to #30, while rambunctious Ben comes in at #34. Not top 10, but definitely not unheard of.
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1-12-2008 @ 10:41PM
Sabrina said...Rosalie's not on there (big surprise) but I was surprised to see Aaron all the way down at # 65 since it's kind of a traditional/common boy's name. *shrug* oh well.
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1-13-2008 @ 11:20PM
rachel said...My boys are 17th and 83rd... and I thought I had picked less common names!
Oh well... Just have to try harder with the next one- whenever that will be.
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1-14-2008 @ 1:05PM
Brit said...zzzzzzzz...everyone wants to be so different that they end up the same....
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